Potash resource Amax #859 (mine) in United States of America

Production
Thickness	1.5m
Depth	120m
Average grade	18-20% K₂O
Status	Past Production
First year	1952
Last year	1981
Estimates of reserves or resources
Ore tonnage	1) 81.65; 2) 66.2Million tonnes
K₂O tonnage	1) 21.6; 2) 12Million tonnes
Grade of K₂O	1) 26.5; 2)18-19% of ore
Data years	1) 1975; 2) 1982
Data source	1) British Sulphur (1975); 2) British Sulphur (1984)

Reference information

Comments

Reserves are estimated recoverable ore reserves.

References

Barker, J.M., and Austin, G.S., 1996, Overview of the Carlsbad Potash District, New Mexico, in Austin, G.S., Hoffman, G.K., Barker, J.M., Zidek, J., and Gilson, N., eds., Proceedings of the 31st forum on the geology of industrial minerals; The Borderland Forum, El Paso, Tex., April 23-28, 1995, Preceedings: Socorro, New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Bulletin 154, p. 49-61.

British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1975, World survey of potash resources (2d ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 148 p.

British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1984, World survey of potash resources (4th ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 145 p.

Garrett, D.E., 1996, Potash; Deposits, processing, properties and uses: New York, Chapman and Hall, 734 p.

Roskill Information Services Ltd., 1989, The economics of potash (2d ed.): London, Roskill Information Services Ltd., 121 p.